Monday, March 19, 2012

Akhilesh rejigs bureaucracy, 30 officials transferred

Lucknow, March 19 (CNST): In a major bureaucratic reshuffle by the new Uttar
Pradesh government of Akhilesh Yadav, 30 officials, mostly IAS, were
transferred late Sunday.

This included district magistrates of 12 districts. The district
magistrates of Lucknow, Kanpur, Rampur, Jaunpur, Muzaffarnagar, Noida have
been shifted to unimportant postings and replaced by new officials.

Mayawati loyalist and chairman of the Noida Authority, Yamuna Expressway
and Investment Commissioner Mohinder Singh has been shunted out of his
present postings and put in waiting list.

The Lucknow DM has been shunted out and made special secretary Handicap
Welfare. Kanpur DM has also been shifted out. V.N. Garg, the Industrial
Development Commissioner (IDC) has also been shifted out and made Principal
Secretary Handicap Welfare.

IANS